$15K India F1-F4 futures, Feb/March 2018

[arjun2761]

Agree that their peaks are similar both in actual ranking and quality and stage of wins. As far as the purely subjective assessment of who would win in an hypothetical matchup, I would give the edge to peak Saketh on faster courts and to peak Ramk on slower court.

Now, Ramk is currently at his peak. Even if Saketh recovers from his injuries there is no guarantee that a 30+ year old Saketh would have the fitness to get back to his peak given that his peak was actually quite a small part of his actual career even when he was not injured.

[S_K_S]

What happened??

[F] Carlos BOLUDA-PURKISS [1] bt Arjun KADHE [5] 6-0 6-4

Can't win them all I guess. He would have taken a win and a runner up from the 1st 2 weeks when it started.

[sameerph]

Yes, also a doubles title this week and runner up last week. Arjun is 421 in live singles rankings and 419 in doubles. Progressing faster than what we thought he would after stating pros 6 months back after his college stint.

[sameerph]

At $15K India F3 Futures, Chandigarh

Qualifying results -

Round 1
Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) [1] 6-1 6-1 Shashikant RAJPUT (IND)
Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) [16] 7-5 6-3 Paramveer Singh BAJWA (IND)
Nitin Kumar SINHA (IND) [2] 6-2 6-2 Naresh BADGUJAR (IND)
Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) [12] 6-1 6-2 Ankit CHOPRA (IND)
Suraj R PRABODH (IND) [3] 6-7(7) 6-3 7-6(4) Jarryd WOOG (USA)
Linh Giang TRINH (VIE) [15] 3-6 6-1 6-4 Yuvraj SINGH (IND)
Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) [4] 6-2 6-3 Krishan HOODA (IND)
Vijayant MALIK (IND) 6-4 7-5 Tyler HOCHWALT (USA) [9]
Kunal ANAND (IND) [5] 6-2 6-1 Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND)
Nicholas BYBEL (USA) [13] 6-3 7-5 Lawrence BATALJIN (AUS)
Amarnath ARORA (IND) 4-6 6-3 6-4 Anurag NENWANI (IND) [6]
Stanislav POPLAVSKYY (UKR) [10] 3-6 7-5 6-0 Olly SADLER (NZL)
Siddharth VISHWAKARMA (IND) [7] 6-1 6-2 Siva Deep KOSARAJU (IND)
S D Prajwal DEV (IND) [11] 6-2 3-6 6-2 Abhishek GAUR (IND)
Lance-Pierre DU TOIT (RSA) [8] 6-3 7-5 Jatin DAHIYA (IND)
Anirudh CHANDRASEKAR (IND) [14] 6-4 6-0 Hardeep Singh SANDHU (IND)

Round 2
Shahbaaz KHAN (IND) [16] 7-6(6) 7-6(7) Jayesh PUNGLIYA (IND) [1]
Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) [12] 6-3 6-4 Nitin Kumar SINHA (IND) [2]
Suraj R PRABODH (IND) [3] 6-2 6-2 Linh Giang TRINH (VIE) [15]
Vijayant MALIK (IND) 4-3 Retired Mohit Mayur JAYAPRAKASH (IND) [4]
Kunal ANAND (IND) [5] 6-1 3-1 Retired Nicholas BYBEL (USA) [13]
Stanislav POPLAVSKYY (UKR) [10] 6-2 6-2 Amarnath ARORA (IND)
Siddharth VISHWAKARMA (IND) [7] 3-6 6-3 6-3 S D Prajwal DEV (IND) [11]
Lance-Pierre DU TOIT (RSA) [8] 6-2 6-4 Anirudh CHANDRASEKAR (IND) [14]

Nitin Kumar Sinha played this week but lost against Kaza.

[sameerph]

Main draw gets better this week with Prajnesh entering as the top seed -

Main draw -

(1) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND) vs. Goran MARKOVIC (SRB)
Chien Hsun LO (TPE) vs.Thales TURINI (BRA)
Aryan GOVEAS (IND) vs. Dalwinder SINGH (IND)
(Q) Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) vs. (6) Sami REINWEIN (GER)
(4) Sidharth RAWAT (IND) vs. (WC) Dhruv SUNISH (IND)
Yu Hsiang CHIU (TPE) vs. (Q) Lance-Pierre DU TOIT (RSA)
(Q) Kunal ANAND (IND) vs. Haadin BAVA (IND)
(Q) Stanislav POPLAVSKYY (UKR) vs. (8) Manuel PENA LOPEZ (ARG)
(7) Karunuday SINGH (IND) vs. Jui-Chen HUNG (TPE)
(Q) Vijayant MALIK (IND) vs. (Q) Suraj R PRABODH (IND)
Daniil ZARICHANSKYY (UKR) vs. Bogdan BOBROV (RUS)
Rishabh SHARDA (IND) vs. (3) Nam Hoang LY (VIE)
(5) Arjun KADHE (IND) vs. (Q) Shahbaaz KHAN (IND)
Manish SURESHKUMAR (IND) vs. (Q) Siddharth VISHWAKARMA (IND)
(WC) Naithaolin Calvin GOLMEI (IND) vs.Luka PAVLOVIC (FRA)
(WC) Siddhant BANTHIA (IND) vs. (2) Carlos BOLUDA-PURKISS (ESP)

[bujilover]

Predictions:
R1
Prajnesh 2-0
Lo 2-0
D Singh 2-1
Reinwein 2-0

Rawat 2-0
Du Toit 2-0
Bava 2-0
Pena Lopez 2-0

K Singh 2-0
Malik 2-1
Bobrov 2-0
Ly 2-0

Arjun 2-0
Manish 2-0
Pavlovic 2-0
Boluda-Purkiss 2-0

R2
Prajnesh 2-0
D Singh 2-1
Rawat 2-0
Bava 2-1

K Singh 2-0
Ly 2-0
Arjun 2-0
Boluda-Purkiss 2-0

QF
Prajnesh 2-0
Rawat 2-0
Ly 2-0
Boluda-Purkiss 2-0

SF
Prajnesh 2-0
Boluda-Purkiss 2-0

WINNER - PRAJNESH 2-0

[sameerph]

My picks -

R1
Prajnesh
Lo
D Singh
Reinwein

Rawat
Chiu
Bava
Pena Lopez

K Singh
Malik
Bobrov
Ly

Arjun
Manish
Pavlovic
Boluda-Purkiss

R2
Prajnesh
Reinwein
Chiu
Pena Lopez
K Singh
Ly
Arjun
Boluda-Purkiss

QF
Prajnesh
Pena Lopez
K Singh
Boluda-Purkiss

SF
Prajnesh
Boluda-Purkiss

Winner
Prajnesh

[suresh]

I missed making my entries this week. An Indian 17 year old wins a battle of 17 year olds!

(WC) Naithaolin Calvin GOLMEI (IND) d Luka PAVLOVIC (FRA) 6-2 6-2

[S_K_S]

Indians are loving having French toast at the moment

[sameerph]

I missed making my entries this week. An Indian 17 year old wins a battle of 17 year olds!

(WC) Naithaolin Calvin GOLMEI (IND) d Luka PAVLOVIC (FRA) 6-2 6-2

I think you can still do so. Only 4 first round singles matches were completed today.

That was a really good win by 17 year old Golmei to win his first ATP point and get into ATP rankings. Pavlovic had upset Sid Rawat last week before losing to KU in the second.

[S_K_S]

Dodgy Chinese Taipei up to their tricks again

https://twitter.com/Carretero77/status/ ... 9102726144

[suresh]

[R1]
(1) Prajnesh GUNNESWARAN (IND)
Chien Hsun LO (TPE)
Aryan GOVEAS (IND)
(6) Sami REINWEIN (GER)
(4) Sidharth RAWAT (IND)
Yu Hsiang CHIU (TPE)
Haadin BAVA (IND)
(8) Manuel PENA LOPEZ (ARG)
(7) Karunuday SINGH (IND)
(Q) Vijayant MALIK (IND)
Bogdan BOBROV (RUS)
(3) Nam Hoang LY (VIE)
(5) Arjun KADHE (IND)
(Q) Siddharth VISHWAKARMA (IND)
Luka PAVLOVIC (FRA)
(2) Carlos BOLUDA-PURKISS (ESP)

[R2]
Prajnesh
Sami Reinwein
Sid
Haadin
KU
Ly
Arjun
Carlos Boluda-Purkiss

[QF]
Prajnesh
Sid
Ly
Arjun

[SF]
Prajnesh
Arjun

[F]
Prajnesh

[suresh]

Dodgy Chinese Taipei up to their tricks again

https://twitter.com/Carretero77/status/ ... 9102726144

That guy Jui-Chen Hung retired in singles as well. Do betting sites treat retirements and losses differently? In any case, looks like the retirements were not due to any injury. He could play two sets of doubles and most of the tie-break but couldn't play the last point?

[Sin Hombre]

I think you get money back in the case of a retirement.

[suresh]

Kaza takes out sixth seed Reinwein in straight sets. Good win. Is he back?